Improvement in washing-machines



FRANKLIN FEAZEL, 0F LAGON, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 108,125, dated October 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whomtt may concern: v

Be it known that I, FRAnKLlN FEAZEL, of Lacon, in the State of Illinois,have inventeda new and use- 1`ul Improvement in- Wasbing-lvlaehines; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and,

' exact description of the same, reference being had te the accompanyingdrawing and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification, in which I Figure 1 is a sectional elevation.

rIhis invention consists of aseries of rollers, mounted transversely, ofa washing-machine tub, in a pair of arms', pivoted at their extremeties,one to each inner side of the tub, and sustained, at their oppositeends, by springs, hung vertically to the inner side of the tub, therollers andarms forming a yielding washingboard, in combination, with acorrugated roller, be tween which and the wash-board the clothes arerubbed.

'.toenable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I nowproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Similar letters in the drawing refer to like parts.

a is the tub.

b, the corrugated roller or rubber.

c, lthe small rollers.

d, one of the arms in which the rollers are mounted.

c, the pivot of the arm ll.

h, the spring which sustains the opposite end of the arm.

i, the apron, placed beneath the rollers.

'lhe armsd, being pivoted at one end, and upheld by springs at theother,are rendered capable of yielding as much as the nature of the fabricsmay require, while they do not sway from side to side, as they would ifhnng'by springs at both ends.

I claim-as my invention- 'Ihe combination ot' the arms 1l, spiralsprings le, .l

rollers c, apron i, and rubber b, all constructed and arranged tooperate as described.

- FRANKLIN 'FEAZEL Witnesses:

ANDREW J. BELL, Sam.. J. MCFADDIN.

